2 3 ways lawyers can write better by writing simply legal writing is rarely simple after all legal issues worth writing about are rarely simple themselves and complex ideas can lead to complex sentences but often legal writing becomes so complex that it serves more to obfuscate than illuminate. If you use these guidelines your writing will be clearer and more effective good lawyers use plain english and avoid jargon and legalese good writing is effective communication and a sign of. Legal drafting requires knowledge of your audience as with many aspects of being a lawyer legal drafting is not about the drafter it is about the recipient that should be the starting point of any document that you are producing youre not normally writing for your ego your boss within reason or your university lecturer. Write as if youre talking like a normal person writing is marketing clients dont pay attention to the writings of lawyers because man that guy has the best footnotes they pay